Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
20235
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Dog Kennel and Mounting Block at Halton Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Halton
Easting
330606
Northing
339646
Street Side
Location
The mounting block with kennel are built into the rear garden wall, against the farmyard, at Halton Farm.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
The mounting block with its kennel were probably built c1800-1830 at the same time as the farmhouse and farm buildings.
Exterior
The mounting block, built of stone, is on the inside of the small rear garden of Halton Farm, comprising 4 well-worn stone steps and top slab at the height of the wall. The dog kennel is built within, comprising a brick chamber with a raised brick floor. 80cm x 52 cm internally, with a stone slab perforated with a large oval hole set flush with the wall and giving access directly on to the farmyard. The wall is stone coped, worn smooth.
Interior
Raised brick floor to the kennel.
Reason for designation
Included as an interesting and carefully worked out combination of two essential elements of an early C19 farm, part of a group with the house and associated farmbuildings.
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